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US 2007/0165331 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for increasing storage capacity
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsXiong Liu, Joseph Liu, Choon Lim
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Abstract
Transducers are oriented differently to address the skew phenomenon. This enables a greater area of the medium to be utilized for data storage, thereby increasing the storage capacity of the device implementing embodiments of the present invention.
Claims14
A slider comprising:
- a body defining a slider orientation;
- and
- at least two transducers affixed to the body, the transducers being oriented in different directions and configured for use with a medium.
A transducer apparatus comprising:
- a support;
- and
- at least two transducers affixed to the support, the transducers being oriented other than substantially zero or 180 degrees relative to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.